ELVs and Tyres

With the latest news and past articles about the end of life vehicle recycling sector and tyre recycling, or use the News Archive below to find more items.

EU pushes for greater automotive sector circularity

8 July 2025

The European Parliament's Environment (ENVI) and Internal Market (IMCO) committees have voted on rules designed to make the European automotive industry significantly more circular, with proposals ...

Sector reacts to EU Council vote on ELV regulations

Environmental NGOs have warned that Europe’s environment ministers have “bowed to...

Associations call for ELV regulation to promote circularity

Industry associations are calling for the upcoming end-of-life vehicles (ELV) ...

Two men to pay £313k for waste crime proceeds

The Environment Agency (EA) has secured a Proceeds of Crime judgement for £313,382....

Tyre association warns of India tyre import ban

The Tyre Recovery Association (TRA) has warned the UK government that it is causing...

17 February 2025

EU’s ELV regulation creates ‘false perception of progress’

Several industry associations have raised concerns that the European Parliament’s ...

21 January 2025

Wiltshire council trials Volvo electric RCV

Wiltshire council is trialling a 100% electric refuse vehicle (eRCV) in an attempt to...

16 January 2025

SK tes and BMW partner on recycling programme

Battery recycler SK tes has partnered with BMW to develop a pan-European recycling ...

14 January 2025

Altilium and HELM to develop UK lithium supply chain

Altilium and chemicals company HELM have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) ...

Marubeni invests £4m in UK EV battery recycling

Japanese trading and investment group Marubeni has invested US$5 million (£4.02 ...

11 December 2024

Scotland approves 100k-tonne tyre recycling plant

The Scottish government has granted planning approval for a tyre recycling plant in ...

6 December 2024

Calls for 25% recycled content target for vehicles

In a joint statement, several stakeholders, including FEAD and EuRIC, have called for...

21 November 2024

Altilium produces commercially viable CAM

Technology group Altilium has produced test results which have shown that its ...

6 November 2024

Epping Forest launches in-house waste service

On Monday (4 November 2024), Epping Forest district council (EFDC) launched a new in-...

6 November 2024

EMR to explore graphite recovery from EV batteries

European Metal Recycling (EMR) and the University of Birmingham have announced a ...

4 November 2024

Tyre bodies urge Defra to act on ‘stalled’ implementation of rules

Tyre bodies have come together to write a joint letter to the Defra secretary of ...

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